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OFFICE OF THE
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND ASSOCIATE PROVOST
MEMO
TTENTION Senate
FROM Bit[ Krane, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
CC Jo Hinchtiffe. Secretary
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
RE Faculty of Science (SCUS 07-53)
DATE January 16, 2008
At its meeting of December 4, 2007 SCUS discussed the Faculty of Science's proposal to add an
Honors component to the joint major between Computing Science and Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry. SCUS supported this change and concluded that "as this was an existing joint
• major and Senate had directed the programs to provide an Honors option, ... in this case the
NOl and FPP need not be replicated or referred back to SCUP." Unfortunately, this proposal
was sent to the January 7, 2008 meeting of Senate for information (in S.08-15), rather than for
approval. To correct this oversight, I now recommend the following:
Motion
That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the addition of an Honors
component to the joint major between Computing Science and Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry.
The previous Senate paper S.08-15 and the rationale for the Honors option submitted by Dean
Plischke are attached.
SIMON
FRASER UNIVERSITY
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OFFICE OF THE
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December 13, 2007
For information:
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of December 4, 2007, SCUS approved
the following curriculum revisions and proposals:
FACULTY OF SCIENCE (07-53)
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Molecular BioIov and Biochemistry
i).
Replace
MBB
221 with MBB 231
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Prerequisite changes to reflect MBB 231 replacing MBB 221
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iii). Program changes to reflect MBB 231 replacing MBB 221 and the
inclusion of additional Physics courses as options for MBB
students.
iv). Program change: Adding an Honours component to the joint
major between Computing Science and Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry.
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Chemistry
i).
Program changes - addition of MBB 222 to the core
requirements for the Major and Honours Programs.
ii).
Minor changes to the Calendar entries that reflect the addition of
this course.
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General Science
i).
Program Changes
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Addition of EASC 101 or GEOG 111
ii).
Delete the statement, "a minimum of 12 credit hours in subjects
outside the Faculty of Science, including a minimum of six credit
hours from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences".
Any Senator wishing to consult the full report of curriculum revisions should
contact Bobbie Grant, Senate Assistant at 291-3168 or email bgrant@sfu.ca
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TO: Bill Krane, Chair, SCUS
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Faculty of Science
Undergraduate Curriculum
Items
FROM:
M. Plischke, Dean
Faculty of Science
DATE: November 26, 2007
The Faculty of Science has approved the following, which must now be considered by SCUS. This
memorandum describes these changes. Please place them on the agenda of the next SCUS meeting.
Molecular Biolo
gy
and Biochemistry
Replace MBB 221 with MBB 231
Prerequisite changes to reflect MBB 231 replacing MBB 221
Program changes to reflect MBB 231 replacing MBB 221 and the inclusion of additional Physics courses
as options for MBB students ?
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Program change: Adding an Honours component to the joint major between Computing Science and
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry.
Chemistry
Pro g
ram changes - addition of MBB 222 to the core requirements for the Major and Honours Programs
Minor chan
g es to the Calendar entries that reflect the addition of this course
General Science
Program Changes - Addition of EASC 101 or GEOG 111
Delete the statement, "a minimum of 12 credit hours in subjects outside the Faculty of Science,
including a minimum of six credit hours from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences".
M. Plischke
Enclosures
c. J. Hinchliffe, R. Mathewes
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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New Program Proposal
Joint Honours Program in Computing Science and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
(132 credit hours)
Calendar entry:
[To be added to the calendar after Joint Major in CS and MBB.1
Students must meet the criteria specified by each program (i.e. MBB and CS) for entering an
Honors program, and must seek the permission of the CS dept. In addition to the major program
requirements, MBB/CS joint honours students will complete both
of:
6 credits of 400 division
CPMT courses beyond those required for the joint major; and 6 credits of research-related MBB
courses, which can be fulfilled with MBB496-6.
RATIONALE: During its approval of the MBB joint major programs, Senate made it clear that
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it would be desirable to provide an Honours degree option. Business and MBB have agreed
upon this model for their joint honours degree.
This program is identical to the CS-MBB Joint Major, but with the addition of 6 credits each
from CS (400 division courses) and MBB (a new course MBB 496 which has already been
created - see the calendar description at
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